Art and Fear open on Brenden Sanborn's studio table, with his watercolor sketchbook and brushes behind it

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Art & Fear: The Book Every Artist Should Keep Within Reach

The worn out little book a friend put in my hands when I was stuck, and why I think every artist should own a copy of Art & Fear.

October 14, 2026

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A Brenden Sanborn digital painting of a male figure on an iPad, with his watercolor studies beside it

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Traditional Roots, Digital Branches: My Experience with Procreate

How a watercolor painter who hardly uses anything digital ended up painting on an iPad, and what it taught me about my real brushes.

July 14, 2023

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